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Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester

The Mechanics' Institute, located at 103 Princess Street, , England, is notable as the building in which three significant British institutions were founded: the Trades Union Congress, the Co-operative Insurance Society and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: building in Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Mechanics‘ Institute” and “Mechanics‘ Institute, Manchester”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Oxford Road railway station.

Art gallery
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on in , England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry. is situated 800 feet northwest of Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester.

Railway station
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Manchester Oxford Road is a railway station in , England, at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street. It opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1960. is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester.

Theater building
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is one of the main theatres in , England. It is situated on Oxford Street, on the north-east corner of the intersection with Whitworth Street. is situated 780 feet southwest of Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Piccadilly-East Centre.

Neighborhood
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in , England, is the second largest in the and the third largest in Europe. Its archway was completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street in , which contains Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets.

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the area in that covers Chinatown, the Gay Village, and Piccadilly Gardens. It is bounded by the A57, Oxford Road, and the A62.

Neighborhood
Circle Square is an area of City Centre on Oxford Road, in North West England. Circle square is a 2.4 million sq ft development of commercial buildings, residential, retail, leisure space and a large public realm.

Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester

Latitude
53.47693° or 53° 28′ 37″ north
Longitude
-2.23913° or 2° 14′ 21″ west
Open location code
9C5VFQG6+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 204256450
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q6804568
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Mechanics’ Institute, Manchester” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “曼徹斯特機械學院”
  • Japanese: “マンチェスター職工講習所”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cruz 101 and Napoleon’s Casino & Restaurant.

Nearby Places

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